The Penn's Grove record., 1887-03-19


had been previously removed to The
morgue.
There was blood over everything
scarcely a splinter being removed thai
was not red stained with blood OF the
victims. Most of the pieces of cloth,
ing found were from the garments of wo-
men, the number of whom on the train
was much larger than that of the meu,
and the fatality among them proper
tionately greater. In one place the
bodies of seven women we're taken out
in a row, all horribly mangled. One
woman was cut completely in two, the
upper half of her body only being
found.
A pathetic SIGHT was that OF two
girls, with arms around one another,
clinging together in the embrace OF
death. Both had been killed by blows
upon the head. In many instances
axes and crowbars were necessary in
order to free the persons who were
pinioned in the wreck. In two cases
it was necessary to cut two of the
bodies in order to get them out, They
were already crushed out of any semb-
lance to human shape, AMI were SO
tightly wedged In that they could be
removed in no other way. One old
lady was taken from a a ~uniniured,
but with her clothing torn to shreds
and presenting a generally foTlOrn APP
~pearance. She said that the in
her car seemed to be panic stricken at
the moment the crash occurred. They
all screamed and shouted, praying for
release. She saw u woman dying in
a seat, while another woman had her
head pillowed on the dying woman's
breast.
One of the most terrible scenes at
the accident was that presented to
those who first hurried to the street
under the bridge. The headless trunk
of a woman was found lying across a
timber, with enc arm completely gone
and the lower limbs all cut and man
gled. The head was found among the
tangled iron and fragments of a Car a
few feet away.
Clearing Away the Wreck---A Terri
bic Sight.
Boston, March 10.
All night long a force of laborers
was engaged in clearing up the debris
of the wrecked cars at the scene OF the
bridge disaster. 1t was slow work and
but little Roadway was made, yet the
men worked hard, and when the light
of morning was sufficient for the con.
tinuation of the work without the
means of artificial light, the work pro-
crossed more rapidly.
WHAT CAUSED THE WRECK?
Professor Vose, of the Institute OF
Technology, of the most competent
bridge engineers in New England, in
an interview, says: II was at the scene
of the accident all day yester ay, to-
gether with a number of members OF
the Massachusetts Scientific Society
and Institute students, examining the
bridge, or, rather the pieces thereof,
and don't know the exact cause of the
accident. | would not dare to venture
an opinion. | can only say that | have
examined pieces of the iron, and have
an idea that some was defective. How
ever, | don't wish TO condemn any one
until the truth is known.
SUPERINTENDENT Davis, in an inter-
view this morning, said: 1.-The many
stories floating about and now being
published as to the safety of the Bussey
bridge are, to say the least, very dis
creditable as coming from an mtelli-
gent public. They are utterly without
foundation, and come from persons
ready to say: Il told you so.' and who
really know nothing about 1t, but who
are willing, for the sake of appearing
wise, to damage the reputation and
standing of any concern, whether It be
a railroad corporation or anything else.
Tie bridge was built of lion eleven
years ago, and was as fully capable of
sustaining any weight that has been
put upon 1t since that time as any
bridge on the road. The bridge ill.,
spector of the road has had no reason
whatever to suspect or believe that
there was anydefect or weakness in
any part of the bridge.
CORRECTED LIST OF DEAD.
The injured at the Massachusetts
General Hospital are reported by the
physicians to-day as being in a comfOr-
table condition. The surgeons are con-
ident that all will recover Owing to
duplication and mlsspelling Of names, it
is now believed that the reports of the
number of persons killed have been
considerably Overestimated. Up to
noon to-day DR.. Draper has signed
twenty-on death certificates, and DIR.
Harris three, making the entire death
total up TO noon twenty-four. The
names thus incorrectly reported were,
Barrack, found to be injured.
49, = Nu-lIA.- n.aarf nod 70 1n
Mrs. Swallow, injured.
Mrs. Watts, alive and u%ninjured.
James Crates, mistaken for Harry
Cray.
Mr.. Stone and Charles Swan, mis-
taken for Mr.. Snow.
MI. North, a mistake for Dir. Lord
injured.
William Houghton, identical with 5.
j. IIoughton.
Frank a. Hewins, alive and unin-
Iiured, not even on the train.
A Mrs. Kennard was reported killed,
but tie name was COMPOUNDED with
that of Mrs. Cardinal.
The revised list OF the dead Is as fol-
lows.
Mrs. Ida Adams. Mrs, Mary Brooks,
Alice Burnett, MIS-. lloIhlsuas var
dinal, Webster Clapp, Hate J. Duo
ley, William f.. Durham, Miss Sarah
E. Ellis, o. Harry Gay, Emma. T.
Hill, Stephen T. Houghton, Albert +.
johnson, Waldo B. Lailor, Lizzie Man
deville, Miss Norris, Edward +. Nor
ris, Miss NJ. l.. Odiorne, Miss Laura
Price, William Edgar Snow, Peter
Swaben, William Strong, Conductor
Myron Tildon. Lizzie Walton, Rosa
bella Welch.